Tularosa Fillet Rim CA. 1100-1250

This type is not unlike Reserve Smudged, with its plain exterior and smudged interior, but here three to five coils have been left corrugated and indented to create a filleted rim. This plainware type replaced Reserve Smudged, and is diagnostic of the Tularosa Phase.

Characteristics

Paste: Pinkish tan to dark brown
Temper: Light sand
Surface: Red-brown to gray-brown
Forms: Mostly bowls
Design: Exteriors smooth with fillet decoration just below the rim. Interiors are often treated by smudging, which may be polished to iridescent.

BOWL

7-1/2" diameter
Hudson Ruin
Reserve, New Mexico
LMA 22202

The excavations at Hudson Ruin and Starkweather Ruin near Reserve, New Mexico have afforded us a unique opportunity to trace the development of the indented rim. The following bowls each represent a step in this development..

BOWL

7" diameter
Hudson Ruin
Reserve, New Mexico
LMA 22217

BOWL

7-1/4" diameter
Hudson Ruin
Reserve, New Mexico
LMA 22222

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BOWL

6-3/4" diameter
Starkweather Ruin
Reserve, New Mexico
LMA 22411/4

BOWL

6-1/4" diameter
Starkweather Ruin
Reserve, New Mexico
LMA 22430

BOWL

6" diameter
Starkweather Ruin
Reserve, New Mexico
LMA 22432/11

BOWL

7" diameter
Starkweather Ruin
Reserve, New Mexico
LMA 22431/1

BOWL

6" diameter
Starkweather Ruin
Reserve, New Mexico
LMA 22405/9

This unusual bowl has punched decoration rather than indented coils at the rim. It should be considered a variant of Tularosa Fillet Rim.